Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.

source: webster1913

adjective satellite

3

located at or near the back of an animal

Example:

back (or hind) legsthe hinder part of a carcass

source: wordnet30

4

of an earlier date

Example:

back issues of the magazine

source: wordnet30

adverb

5

in or to or toward a former location

Example:

she went back to her parents' house

source: wordnet30

6

at or to or toward the back or rear

Example:

he moved backtripped when he stepped backwardshe looked rearward out the window of the car

source: wordnet30

7

in or to or toward an original condition

Example:

he went back to sleep

source: wordnet30

8

in or to or toward a past time

Example:

set the clocks back an hournever look backlovers of the past looking fondly backward

source: wordnet30

9

in reply

Example:

he wrote back three days later

source: wordnet30

10

in repayment or retaliation

Example:

we paid back everything we had borrowedhe hit me and I hit him backI was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher

source: wordnet30

11

In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.

source: webster1913

noun

12

the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine

Example:

his back was nicely tanned

source: wordnet30

13

the side that goes last or is not normally seen

Example:

he wrote the date on the back of the photograph

source: wordnet30

14

the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

Example:

he stood at the back of the stageit was hidden in the rear of the store

source: wordnet30

15

(football) a person who plays in the backfield

source: wordnet30

16

the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

Example:

the fall broke his back

source: wordnet30

17

the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

Example:

the book had a leather binding

source: wordnet30

18

the part of a garment that covers the back of your body

Example:

they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back

source: wordnet30

19

a support that you can lean against while sitting

Example:

the back of the dental chair was adjustable

source: wordnet30

20

(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

source: wordnet30

21

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.

source: webster1913

22

In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.